Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Jan-Dec 1953
Publisher:
Kansas City : WHB Broadcasting Co.
Volume:
Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)
Leaf #:
000278
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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DICK SMITH Joined WHB staff in 1933 as announcer. Produced hundreds of commercial shows; became newscaster, War Program Manager, Chief of Newsbureau, Program Director. LES JARVIES ALLEN FRANKLIN NORVELL SLATER JACK TODD SOL BOBROV and the KANSAS CITY CLUB ORCHESTRA On his first "job," Bobrov, a violinist, became WHB Musical Director after graduation from K. U. In his memorable orchestra pictured below are three to-be members of the K. C. Philharmonic; Lois Kraft, harpist; Ralph Stevens, cello (bass); Herb Johnston, drums. Connie Morris played piano; George Morris, trumpet; Frank Wagner, saxophone. Jimmie Atkins played guitar. He and Zerlina Nash were vocalists. JIMMIE ATKINS A "crooner" who plays his own guitar. At WHB two years, leaving to form a trio with Ernie Newton and Les Paul. Later with Fred Waring; now a producer at KOA, Denver. COUNT BASIE Featured on WHB for three years. "WHB is just wonderful," the Count writes. "I will always remember that you started me. Any time I needed cash, John would send me to Jenkins and that wonderful organ. At times when there wasn't a spot open, Don would still give me the good cash . . . One day Don played with an idea for a piano spot in the afternoon for me, and I sang "Sunny Side of the Street." After the show, Don said: "Co'unt, everything is O.K. — but would you care if the vocal were cut?"